Hoof-cutter.



A. LOOGK.

HOOP CUTTER. 'urnommn FILED MAY28,1907.

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PATBNTBD JULY 23, 1907 UNITED STATES AUGUST LOOOK, OF HAYFIELD, IOWA.

HOOF-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed May 28, 190']. serial No. 376,111.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST LOOCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hayfield, in the county of Hancock and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoof-Gutters; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for cutting the hoofs of animals; andit consists in the novel construction and combination of the partshereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the hoof cutter. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the hoof cutter.

A is a channel-shaped guide provided with a gap 1), and guide notches con its lower side to the rear of the said gap.

B is a'stationary blade on the front end portion of the guide at thefront end ofthe gap, and O is a beveled portion on the underside of theguide close behind the said guide notches.

D is a bar which is slidable in the channel-shaped guide, and E is acutting blade formed on the front end of the said bar. The cutting-bladeis wider than the bar D so that its edges 6 slide in the guide notchesc, and the sharp edge of the said blade is arranged to work inconnection with the blade B like the blades of a pair of shears. The barD is provided with a rearwardly projecting handle (1 for operating it.

F is a toothed segment which is pivoted on a pin f in the saidchannel-shaped guide, and which gears into teeth g formed on the saidbar D. The toothed segment is also provided with a rearwardly bent andprojecting handle 11., which is preferably recurved as shown inthedrawings.

The two handles are moved back and forth by hand so as to reciprocatethe toothed rack-bar and the slid able blade, and the hoof of the animalis cut between the two said blades B and E. I

What I claim is:

1. In a hoof cutter, the combination, with a guide provided with a bladeat one end and having guide notches at its middle part, of a barslidable in the said guide and provided with a blade having projectingside portions which are slidable in the said guide notches, and meansfor sliding the said bar in the said guide.

2. In a hoof cutter, the combination, with a channel shaped guideprovided with a gap and guide notches at one end of the gap, said guidehaving also a stationary blade on the other end of the said gap, of atoothed rack-bar provided with a handle and slidable in the said 'guide,said rack-bar having a cutting-blade at its front provided withprojecting side portions which slide in the said guide notches, and atoothed segment pivoted in the said guide in gear with the said raclebarand also provided with a handle.

In testimony whereof I have atfixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

AUGUST LOOCK.

Witnesses:

F. R. LACKORE, L. .T. ALcoRN.

